Adjustable picture-hanger



(No Model.) I

' L. MESSER.

ADJUSTABLE PICTURE HANGER.

Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

UNIT D STATES PATEN]. OFFICE.

LEVERETT MESSER, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOGERRY C. MESSER, OF BRATTLEBOROUGH, VERMONT.

ADJUSTABLE PICTURE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,644, dated August20, 1889.

Application filed August 29, 1888. Serial No. 284,069. (No model.)

To all 1011,0721, it may concern:

'Be it known that I, LEVERETT MEssER, a citizen of the United States,residing at I-Iaverhill, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in AdjustablePicture- I-Iangers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and simple adjustablepicture-hanger, so that a picture-frame having the device attached canbe readily adjusted to any angle desired.

The invention consists of a piece of wire bent so as to form a series ofloops, and adapted to be secured to the rear of the picture-frame, ashereinafter fully described, and set forth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a rear viewof a pictureframe 'With my improved hanger applied thereto. Fig. 2 is aside View of the same, showing the hanger adjusted to give consid'erable inclination to the frame.- Fig. 3 is a similar view with thehanger adjusted to give a much less inclination to the frame. Fig. 4 isa view of a picture-frame hanger embodying my invention. Fig. 5 is a topView of the same. Fig. 6 is a view of a cleat made of Wire.

A represents a picture-frame, and B a wall or support to which it ishung.

O is a Wire bent to the form shownthat is, with a series of loops 0 andat each end With an eye I). This Wire is secured to the rear of thepicture-frame (one on each side) by a screw d, passing through the uppereye I), and by an eye-screw e, passing through the lower eye Z).

D is a cleat, preferably made of wire, as shown in Fig. 6; or it mightbe made of flat metal. I secure one of these cleats on one side of thepicture-frame by the eyebolt e, that secures the hanger to the frame.011 each of the hangers Cis placed a ring E.

F is the picture-cord, one end of which is secured to the eye 6 on oneside of the pictureframe. It is then passed through the rings E E andthrough the eye e on the other side of the frame, the end being securedby taking a turn around the cleat D, so that the length of-the cord canreadily be adjusted according to the height it is desired to hang thepicture.

The desired inclination is given to the picture by simply placing therings E in the required loops 0 c. If placed in the lower loops, a greatinclination will be given to the picture, and as the rings are raised toa higher loop the inclination is radually decreased.

I prefer to have the loops stand at an angle to the back of the frame,as shown in Fig. 5; but, if desired, they may be made to stand at rightangles thereto.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The Wires 0, provided with a seriesof loops 0 and eyes b, in combination with the screw-eyes e, cord F, andadjusting-rings E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The Wires 0, provided with a series of loops 0, in combination withthe adjustingrings E and cord F, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

3. The wire 0, provided with a series of loops 0 and eyes 1), incombination with the rings E, screw-eyes e, and cleat 1D, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEVERETT MESSER.

WVitnesses:

JAMES P. CONNER, W. W. ROBERTS.

